Code
3G009113
Duration
01 January 2013 → 31 December 2018
Funding
Research Foundation - Flanders (FWO)
Promotor
Research disciplines
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Natural sciences
- Instrumental methods
- Inorganic geochemistry
- Palaeoclimatology
Keywords
paleoproxy
isotopic analysis
isotope fractionation
lithium
multi-collector ICP-MS
boron
isotope ratio
Project description
Development of analytical protocols for chemical isolation of the target elements Li and B out of various sample types for their subsequent high-precision isotopic analysis using multi-collector ICP – mass spectrometry. Li (δ7Li) and B (δ11B) isotope ratios will be used as paleoproxies, i.e. to unravel information on the prevailing temperature, CO2 level, surface erosion levels, etc in the distant past.